Snoopy…there is room for everyone in the hobby. My part of it deals with educating future generations and anyone in these wonderful aircraft and their interiors. I don’t see myself hampering. Generalisations are not much use in this world. Sure some airworthy stuff ends up on static projects and those people have to pay through the nose. In my 30years+ of collecting, I have seen good and bad in all camps. I once swapped a rare airworthy part to a flyer and all I asked was an unserviceble unit back – they took the pee and gave me a post war scrap item. I know of several flying outfits that pay a pittance or offer nothing as a swap. In the Spitfire world it is quite harsh. In the past there were two collectors who would hoover up everything and then sell it on for a ransom. One guy acquired multiple items that had not been seen since the war: – he kept one for his project, one to ‘rent out’ and scrapped the rest. Ebay, for all its sins, creates a level playing field – he or she with the most money wins. Yep capitalism at work – rightly or wrongly. Historic Aviation covers statics and flyer.
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